Budapest, 05 July 2024 – Despite the numerous unfounded and untrue allegations that have surfaced in recent weeks about the National Research Excellence Programme (NREP), renewed by the Research Council of Hungary (RCH), figures show that the malicious criticism has not shaken the confidence of Hungarian researchers: nearly 1,400 proposals have been submitted, with an unprecedented HUF 126 billion in funding requests.
The National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) has announced a new HUF 8 billion call to support the launch of international research projects led by excellent Hungarian research teams and involving the world’s top universities and research institutes focusing on solving social and economic challenges of importance to Hungary and worldwide.
The OTKA programme, which has been supporting Hungarian scientific research for almost four decades, continues from 2024 under the name of the National Research Excellence Programme (NKKP), renewed in line with the highest international standards. For this purpose, following last year’s allocation of HUF 13.5 billion, this year a significantly increased grant fund of HUF 19 billion is available, which exceeds the previous amount by over 40%. The distribution of these funds will be decided by the newly established Research Council of Hungary, led by Hungarian Nobel laureate physicist Ferenc Krausz, based on the recommendations of international professional evaluation committees. The primary aim of the renewal of the programme is to produce significantly more domestic scientific research results that are outstanding by international standards and have a significant social and intellectual impact.
Budapest, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 (MTI) – Hungary has come even closer to the EU average in the field of research, development and innovation this year.